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Mismatched Worker: When People Don't Fit Their Jobs (Types of…
Mismatched Worker: When People Don't Fit Their Jobs
Creating Mismatches
Results from combination of people's needs, interests, values, and expectations coupled with their jobs
Jobs: workers vary in skills, characteristics, life stages, experiences, and cultural backgrounds
Mismatches are Contextual
Evaluation of a person's skills, needs, and preferences in relation to requirements and benefits available
Interrelations among Mismatches
One mismatch may cause others
Work-family conflicts may be both cause and consequence of other mismatches
Mutually exclusive and negatively related
Types of Mismatches
Skills
Lack of fits between skills or qualifications and the job requirements
Overqualification vs. underqualification
Over
Geographical
Job movement from one location to another
Lack of fit between jobs and people located in the area
Temporal
Overworking vs. underworking
Earnings
Financial compensation
Benefits related to position
Work-family
"When people's jobs deplete them or conflict with their performance in other roles such as their family" p.35
Time-Based Conflict
Overworked and unable to have time for family-related obligations
Strain-Based Conflict
Fatigue of frustrations
Behavior-Based Conflict
Behavior in one role conflicts with behavior in another role
Consequences of Mismatches
High stress
Adverse effect on welfare and family well-being
Overqualified: denied to fully employ their talents and abilities
Overworked: Harming productivity and performance due to poor work/life balance
Reducing Mismatches
No silver bullet. Need to update structures to match reality
Better Sorting of Workers to Jobs
IT provides potential for more efficient job matching
Social Policies
Parental leave and child-care policieis